After a really hard, fast and hilly 5k on Tues my legs were feeling unusually empty – I don’t usually feel tired the day after a training run (hill session excepted!) But as I’m not going to be able to run much over the next week I forced myself out the front door!
Having just borrowed a Garmin heart monitor I was tempted to do some zonal training but figured that’s an entirely different post/experiment! I’d maxed out my heart rate the previous night and for now all I know is my resting rate is 53bpm and my rasping for breath rate is 188bpm!
Back to last nights run… It should have been nice; a lovely spring evening, country lanes and a gentle pace. However the whole way round was agony. Thinking I must be going really fast, I glanced at my watch to see I was only doing just under 7minute miles for less than 10k! By the end the nice sunny weather was making me rue not taking a drink (note to self: take drink on hot days over 5k).
Miles in the bag though!
Next Training
Parkrun on Saturday…from a surprise location. Watch this space!
That doesn’t sound too slow to me.. 🙂 Kidding aside, I hate that feeling of legs that just won’t cooperate, but it happens. Glad you got your miles in, I also try to fit some runs together even when tired, if I know I won’t be able to run later in the week.